GPS
‘GPS Artists’ in Singapore Are Making Oddly Specific Drawings by Biking
On the large canvas that is Singapore, their legs are their paint brushes, and GPS trackers their ink.
Contractor Exposed the Movements of People Wearing Ankle GPS Bracelets
A company that sells GPS ankle bracelets and helps Chicago law enforcement run a program to monitor people under house arrest leaked “an enormous amount of private information.”
DHS Believes Our Reliance on GPS ‘Poses a Risk to National Security’
A 2013 report, newly unearthed under access to information laws, shows how GPS is vulnerable to disruption.
This App Lets Us See Everywhere People Drive
BlackVue has an app that shows the location of drivers that opt-in. The creators say it shouldn’t be possible to track its users in bulk; we found otherwise.
A Saudi Telecom Exposed a Streaming List of GPS Locations
The company, STCS, uploaded a constantly updating list of GPS coordinates in Saudi Arabia, China, and west Africa.
Hackers Dissect 'Mr. Robot' Season 4 Episode 8: ‘Request Timeout’
Technologists, hackers, and journalists recap the eighth episode of the final season of the realistic hacking show.
NASA Has Turned on a Deep Space GPS
The miniature atomic clock is a big step toward self-driving deep space probes.
Satellites Are Quietly, Constantly Watching Us
In a few short decades, the movement and activities of large swaths of Earth's humans can be tracked at all times.
Hacker Finds He Can Remotely Kill Car Engines After Breaking Into GPS Tracking Apps
“I can absolutely make a big traffic problem all over the world,” the hacker said.
Big Telecom Sold Highly Sensitive Customer GPS Data Typically Used for 911 Calls
A Motherboard investigation has found that around 250 bounty hunters and related businesses had access to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint customer location data.
Watch Wolves Claim Their Territories in GPS Map of Their Movements
The cryptic lives of gray wolves in Minnesota’s Voyageurs National Park are revealed through stunning GPS location maps.
This New Atomic Clock Is So Precise Our Ability to Measure Gravity Constrains Its Accuracy
NIST's new atomic clocks will help create the world's most precise map of how Earth's gravity warps spacetime.